In this episode we discuss the 23rd Best Picture winner, All About Eve, Bette Davis’ life and career, and the tales as old as time that are behind the origins of the most nominated film of all time! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the twenty-second Best Picture winner, All the King’s Men, Fred Astaire’s rise among the Hollywood elite, Senator Huey P. Long and the story behind the novel and film adaptation, and fancy editing techniques of Robert Parish to make this film a success! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the twenty-first Best Picture winner, Hamlet, the most awarded adaptation of Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier’s attempt to be seen as a serious actor and filmmaker, and the new Freudian interpretations of Shakespeare! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the 20th Best Picture winner, Gentleman’s Agreement, actor James Baskett’s Honorary Award for his performance in Disney’s Song of the South, anti-Semitism, prejudice, microagressions, and Communism  in post-war America, and The Group Theatre and The Actor’s Studio joining the ranks of the Hollywood elite! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod  Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the 19th Best Picture winner, The Best Years of our Lives, the struggles of veterans returning from WWII, amputee veteran Harold Russel’s award winning first performance as an actor, and director William Wyler! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the eighteenth Best Picture winner, The Lost Weekend, international film festivals, director Billy Wilder, the stirring portrayal of someone struggling with addiction, and the power of nuanced storytelling! **Content Warning** This episode contains conversation throughout about alcoholism, addiction, and suicide. ** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the seventeenth Best Picture Winner, Going My Way, Bing Crosby’s impact on the entertainment industry, and Ingrid Bergman’s first Academy win! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the sixteenth Best Picture Winner, Casablanca, Warner Brothers’ producer Hal B. Wallis, the growing relationship between the United States Government and the film industry, and the unexpected success of Casablanca! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the fifteenth Best Picture Winner, Mrs. Miniver, Greer Garson’s extra-long acceptance speech, the great career and tragic death of Carole Lombard, and the film industry’s growing relationship with World War II! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support

In this episode we discuss the fourteenth Best Picture Winner, How Green Was My Valley, its contentious win over Citizen Kane, the Hollywood sister-feud between Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, and the animators’ strike at Disney Studios! Other topics include: Dumbo, Walt Disney, Hollywood feuds, film history, Orson Welles, Gregg Toland, Maurice Seiderman, unions, Herman Mankiewicz, documentary features Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thanktheacademypodcast Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thankacademypod Email us your thoughts: [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thank-the-academy/support